Thursday, September 29, 2011

September 29 [Day 10] (Terry Waters, assisted by Julian Waters). The temperature reached a high of 18C between 1400 and 1700 from a low of -6C and was 14C at the end of the day. Ground winds were SW all day 5-10 gusting 15 km/h and ridge winds were mainly moderate SW-SSW with occasional gusts exceeding 40 km/h. Cloud cover was initially 100% cirrus that gradually dwindled to 10% by the end of the day. Raptor movement was very similar to that of yesterday with birds appearing at the northern end of the Fisher Range with none being seen over Mount Lorette. The flight was again dominate by Golden Eagles with 36 birds (24a,5sa,2j 5u) moving between 1108 and 1815 with peak movement of 9 birds between 1500 and 1600. The first bird of the day was an adult Cooper's Hawk at 1040 and 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 adult Sharp-shinned Hawk and 1 adult Peregrine Falcon completed the day's count of 40 birds. A total of 111 Canada Geese flew high to the south with the largest flock comprising 45 birds, and 27 American Robins and 101 Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches were the most common passerine migrants.

11 hours (122.24) BAEA 1 (10), SSHA 1 (25), COHA 1 (2), GOEA 36 (145), PEFA 1 (4) TOTAL 40 (199)


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